Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The government 's election pledges had included a clampdown on crime , but Simmons , taking charge of a new portfolio which included jurisdiction over the police , prisons and fire service ( hitherto the responsibilities of the Attorney General ) , faced immediate controversy when he supported the use of flogging with the cat o " nine tails . |
| 2 | Valley Canoe Products have located a source of indestructible deck elastics and hope to offer them in 6 and 8mm sizes . |
| 3 | In your letter you said two four hour sessions failed to pull a response . |
| 4 | In the weeks preceding her dismissal , she was beset by rumours of dissent within her own party and on Aug 5 it was announced that the Combined Opposition Parties intended to table a motion of no confidence against her government . |
| 5 | My female Ps. lombardoi keeps developing a sort of round white patch on the top of her mouth which turns black after a week only to turn white again . |
| 6 | Even the famed Sherpa porters wanted to call a halt to the first British attempt on Everest in winter . |
| 7 | For robberies , the six force areas have suffered a rise of 9.1 per cent from 5,920 cases to 6,458 . |
| 8 | In the UK the Institution of Chemical Engineers has produced a computer simulation program specifically for training personnel at large chemical plants who may one day have to manage major fires and toxic releases ( Institution of Chemical Engineers , no date ) . |
| 9 | Fishing industry organisations have mounted a campaign against the bans , claiming that up to 30,000 jobs are at risk . |
| 10 | After his death at the hands of a Skaven assassin in 1152 the Elector Counts failed to reach a decision as to who should be the new Emperor . |
| 11 | Safety rule regulations have to have a hat on your head . |
| 12 | The arrangement for raising the curtain was a matter of gear wheels designed to turn a rod to wind the metal mesh up onto it like a blind . |
| 13 | In one of her letters the poet mentions having had a letter from an aunt whom she describes as ‘ sententious ’ [ ML , 2 , 311 ] . |
| 14 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 15 | Now Thomas and scores of other North-East bikers have imposed a 50cc speed limit . |
| 16 | After his defection to the United States , Pacepa claimed that Eastern Bloc scientists had developed a method , known as RADU , of irradiating an enemy and inducing cancerous tumours . |
| 17 | A combination of blind bends , and high speed frustrations has created a string of accident black spots . |
| 18 | Opposition leaders had rejected a request from the then Government Leader in the House , Doug Lewis , to recall the Commons for an emergency session on April 26 . |
| 19 | The housing directory will help bridge this gap — although the proposed legal aid cuts do cast a cloud over this . |
| 20 | The huge hydro-electric dam project at Konable will flood good farming land , but the flow of investment dollars has financed a boom in luxury goods for the rich minority . |
| 21 | As a result historians have developed a stock of general labels that are often used for convenience . |
| 22 | Good quality restaurants , cafes , pubs and ample car parks make shopping a pleasure . |
| 23 | Glocon Valve Services has opened a service and engineering depot at Unit 7 , Colinwood Court , Brittania Park Industrial Estate , Middlesbrough . |
| 24 | In the 1970s a prisoner from one of the labour camps had assembled a group of volunteers , including experts on dowsing , to investigate what he claimed to have located — Ivan the Terrible 's library . |
| 25 | So the , the eating habits have changed a lot since then although we have shops which cater for every need of the immigrant community . |
| 26 | A company which makes vitamin pills has condemned a report which says they do n't improve your health . |
| 27 | Nobody has ever taken the trouble to build a cairn on the bare top but the Ordnance surveyors have erected a triangulation column to mark the highest point at 2058 feet . |
| 28 | Core skills have played a part in all recent major developments in Scottish education and training , although not necessarily under that name . |
| 29 | AN INCREASING demand for hypo-allergenic dairy products has led a Tayside woman to take the first tentative steps towards setting up what it is thought would be Britain 's only mare milking unit . |
| 30 | A number of modern pub designers attempt to rescue a sense of intimacy and defensible space by dividing these open-plan arenas into token drinking areas . |